DIFFERENT CULTURES AND DIFFERENT WORLDVIEWS
DIFFERENT CULTURES AND DIFFERENT WORLDVIEWS
Author(s): Irina-Ana DrobotSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Higher Education
Published by: EDITURA ASE
Keywords: ELT; ESP; history; motivation; intersemiotic translation;
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to find methods for teaching a culture and civilization optional course for non-philological students. The paper focuses especially on engineering students, whom the author of the paper teaches. The problems that have been noticed in the case of the Romanian university students is that they lack background knowledge of British culture (Ciornei and Tamaga 2013). Skills such as understanding how social events work and the way this could ensure success or failure of business collaborations as well as understanding the different mentalities through knowledge of history are also explored as part of teaching this course. Different mentalities and ethical makeup make the subject of intersemiotic translations. The different makeup and cultural background of engineers could easily be explored in order to create a course adapted to their needs.
Journal: Synergies in Communication
- Issue Year: 1/2017
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 116-120
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English